ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ngera
me
ke
di
mesumech
e
dmanges?
> Why do you ask me to give (someone) a message for you and then come yourself?
Ng
ngara
el
klechelid
a
chomengar
er
ngii?
> What's your religion?
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Ng
mo
ua
ngara
a
sichel
a
odimem?
> How do you want your meat to be cooked?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
telkelel
a
subelengem?
> What's the measurement of your trousers?
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
ngarang
milengang
a
Mary
er
a
kesus
er
a
elii?
> What did Mary drink for dinner ?
Ng
ngara
soam
el
menga
er
ngii?
> What do you want to eat?
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
sensei?
> What is the job of a teacher?
E
ngara
soam
el
melim?
> And what do you want to drink?
Ng
mle
ua
ngara
siou?
> How was the movie?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
More Examples:
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
Ngerang
me
ke
di
mengisngull?
> Why are you frowning all the time?
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
Ng
diak
el
ngerang,
ng
kmal
betekngang
a
tellemall
er
a
beluu.
> The reason is, there are too many crimes in the society.

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